List of all U-boats
U-734
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 21 Nov 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 20 Oct 1941 | F Schichau GmbH, Danzig (werk 1525) | ||||||||
| Launched | 19 Sep 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 5 Dec 1942 | Oblt. Hans-Jörg Blauert | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 9 February 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49.43N, 16.23W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Wild Goose and HMS Starling. 49 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-734 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Coronel (4 Dec 1943 - 8 Dec 1943)
Coronel 2 (8 Dec 1943 - 14 Dec 1943)
Igel 2 (9 Feb 1944 - 9 Feb 1944)
Men lost from the boat
9 Dec 1943
During heavy weather a lookout broke his arm on U-734 in the North Atlantic.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 Crew 37b |
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